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Rajendralala Mitra —On the Temples of Deoghar. [No. k 2, 
S'iva nursed his grief here for a long time, carrying the heart on his 
breast like the Scotch knight who brought away the heart of Richard I, 
from France, and earned the surname of Lockheart, changed afterwards to 
Lockhart. It is added, that inasmuch as this was the only way in which 
S'iva offered the final obsequies to his consort, the place derived the al¬ 
ternative name of Ohitdbhumi, the “cremation ground.” It is worthy of 
note, however, that at present there is no temple, shrine, or spot at Deoghar 
which is associated with this occurrence, though at all the other fifty- 
one places mementos of some kind or other are still extant. 
Yet another story. It was again at the first age of the world that 
S'iva manifested himself as lingams of light at twelve different places under 
different names. These included 1st, Somanatha, in Saurashtra ; 2nd, 
Mallikarjuna at STisaila; 3rd, Mahakala at Ujjain; 4th, Onkara, at 
Amaresvara; 5th, Kedara, on the Himalaya; 6th, Bhimasankara, at 
Dakini; 7tb, Visvesvara, at Benares; 8th, Tryambaka, on the banks of the 
Gautami ; 9tli, Vaidyanatha, at Chitabhumi; 10th, Nagesa at Dwarka; 
11th, Ramesa, at Setubandha; and 12th, Ghusrinesa, at S'ivalaya.* These 
include all the principal and most celebrated lingams in India. 
On the top of the lingam at Deoghar, the goddess Sati appeared as a 
pandanus flower, and for along time afterwards dwelt in a grove near it in order 
to be ready at hand to worship the emblem of her lord. Owing to this cir¬ 
cumstance the place became known as Ketakivana, or the “ pandanus grove.” 
How our Pandits reconcile these contradictory stories, 1 know not, 
and it would be futile to inquire into the subject. But to turn to the me¬ 
morials now extant with which these stories are associated. 
The temple of Vaidyanatha now stands in the middle of the town, and 
is surrounded by a courtyard of an irregular quadrilateral figure. See plan, 
Plate XV. The east side of the courtyard facing the public road measures, 
from north to south, 226 feet, and near its southern limit there is a large 
arched gateway with a Nuhbatkhana on top of it. The Nuhbatkhana is, 
however, not much used, a separate two-storeyed building, close to the north 
of it, having been provided for the musicians. The gateway also is not much 
used, as it has been partially blocked by a one-storeyed building. On the 
south side, which is faced by a range of shops, the length is 242 feet. On 
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